What we have heard about the midterm elections is going to go from bad to worse with this Reid move: Dems Reach Out to Hispanics on Immigration Bill

Senator Harry Reid will push an immigration measure.

From The New York Times:

Democrats’ decision to put forward legislation that would grant legal status to some students who are illegal immigrants is meant to bolster support among an important voter group going into the midterms and beyond: Hispanics, the largest minority in the country.

On Tuesday, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, announced that he would attach an amendment to a military spending bill with a proposal to open a path to legal status for students who were brought to the United States illegally by their parents when they were children.

On Wednesday, Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey who is also the Senate’s only Latino member, said he planned to offer his own version of broader legislation to repair the immigration system and grant legal status to an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants.

Congressional aides said Democrats are betting that even if the legislation fails, they can still reap credit for trying from Latino voters in November.

There is general agreement in Washington that any bigger immigration overhaul is dead for this year, if not longer.

Nowhere is Latino turnout more vital to the Democrats’ prospects than in the race that Senator Reid is facing in Nevada against Sharron Angle, a Republican who rode to the nomination with Tea Party support.
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Also see this articke in The New York Times about the Senate approving a small business bill and the Democrats turning a normally bipartisan military measure into a vehicle to advance social policy priorities like immigration and gay rights (this is the bill addressed above.)